THE DOCs (Director of Clean) BLOG

How to Remove Cat and Dog Urine from Carpet Rug Doctor attends various pet events throughout the year to showcase our machines and cleaning solutions to our pet loving community. Two of the most common questions we get asked from pet owners are… 1) How do I get pet stains out of my carpet? 2) […]

6 Simple Ways to Keep Your Carpets Clean Carpet is one of the biggest investments in your home. At an average cost of $4.50 per square foot, carpet replacement is an expense that most people want to avoid for as long as possible. Keeping your carpet clean and free from dirt, grime, stains, and dust […]

The average military family moves every two to three years. One of the most stressful elements of moving so frequently is how to handle the relocation of family pets (particularly cats and dogs). Here are a five tips from our Rug Doctor experts on relocating family pets when you receive PCS (Permanent Change of Station) […]

This week we have a guest blog post from Odile Harbaugh, Brand Manager at Rug Doctor. Odile is the mother to three beautiful kids, and she uses her experience and kid mess know-how to put Rug Doctor products to the test at home. Her recent potty training experience – a.k.a. potty training fail – resulted […]

Rug Doctor Deep Carpet Cleaners Recognized as Best Steam Cleaners for Carpet IKnowTheBest recently released their list of 10 Best Steam Cleaner for Carpet, Tiles & More in 2018, and not one, but two of Rug Doctor Deep Carpet Cleaners made the list! The Rug Doctor Deep Carpet Cleaner made the list as Best Rated […]

How to Avoid Over-Wetting your Carpet When Deep Cleaning One of the most common questions we get from Rug Doctor deep cleaner renters is… “How do I keep from over-wetting my carpet when I am shampooing with a Rug Doctor Deep Cleaner?” This is a legit concern, because in extreme cases over-wetting your carpet during […]

Top 3 Rug Doctor Deep Cleaner Machines for the Ultimate Pet Lover Rug Doctor associates are crazy about our pets. Take a stroll through our office, and more often than not you will hear a story about one of our “fur babies.” Sixty-eight percent of US households (about 85 million families) own a pet. So […]

5 Ways to Make Your Deep Carpet Cleaning Fun It is no secret that Rug Doctor loves carpet. And more importantly, we love deep cleaning carpets. Many of us spend our days thinking about deep cleaning carpets and how to answer questions like how can we make deep carpet cleaning machines more effective, how do […]

Ready, Set, Summer! How to Prep for Summer with the Portable Spot Cleaner The days are getting longer, and the weather’s getting warmer. Here at Rug Doctor, all these sunny days are leaving us aching to get outdoors! We know you’re as ready as we are to have some fun – but is your patio? […]

Beyond Carpet, Beyond Clean: How to Show Your Hard Floors Some Love Say, when was the last time you visited someone else’s home and noticed they had a full house of wall-to-wall carpet? Probably not recently! In fact, Rug Doctor recently survey people all across America on their hard floor cleaning methods and found only […]